# General Milley promising to tip off China in advance if America planned to attack: OPSEC violation?

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If the President were to order a strike of another kind on a foreign power, are there circumstances where that might be considered unlawful?

It is also my understanding that we have a standing policy to use WMD only in circumstances where WMD have been or will be used against us. Absent that threat, would using WMD be considered unlawful? Maybe this should be an entirely different thread. I think it’s a debate worth having.

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